Owlery
/ˈaʊ.lə.ri/noun
A place where owls are kept or housed.
Did you know?Owlery is a modern English formation built from owl + -ery, and the owl itself traces back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówl̥, the same ancient night-bird root behind several other European bird names.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ówl̥
“owl”
Old English
OE
ūle
“owl”
Middle English
ME
owle
“owl”
Modern English
English
owl
“a nocturnal bird of prey”
Modern English
English
owlery
“a place where owls are kept”